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Overview Call Number: SC0057 Creator: Turrentine, Lowell. Title: Lowell Turrentine papers Dates: 1913-1956 Physical Description: 4 Linear feet Summary: Collection pertains largely to his professional life at Stanford University and contains correspondence, both business and personal; his master's thesis; materials for lectures; degrees, awards, and certificates; and a Turrentine genealogy. General correspondence concerns financial investments, legal issues (including estate issues), law curriculum, publication of his articles and books, placement of law students, and personal affairs such as his health, offers of other teaching posts, and Princeton and Harvard reunions. There is a substantial amount of correspondence and memoranda from his work as a Compliance Commissioner for the War Production Board, 1942-44. Other topics include the Stanford Law Veterans Memorial Scholarship, the death of Allene Lamson, Laisne v. State Board of Optometry, and the effect of World War II on the Law School. Correspondents include Warren Christopher, Felix Frankfurter, Charles A. Beardsley, John S. Bradway, Elliott E. Cheatham, Juan Enrique Geigel, Erwin N. Griswold, Moffatt Hancock, Marion R. Kirkwood, Ray B. Lyon, Philbrick McCoy, D. O. McGovney, Roscoe Pound, Owen J. Roberts, Malcolm P. Sharp, Fred Ames Weller, and Richard Wicks. Language(s): The materials are in English. Repository: Department of Special Collections and University Archives Green Library 557 Escondido Mall Stanford, CA 94305-6064 Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu Phone: (650) 725-1022 URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc Gift of Lowell Turrentine, 1969. Information about Access This collection is open for research. Ownership & Copyright All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html. Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes. Cite As Lowell Turrentine (SC0057). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif. Biographical/Historical Sketch Lowell Turrentine earned his undergraduate degree at Princeton in 1917 and his law degrees at Harvard in 1922 and 1929. He practiced law in Cleveland and New York City and was involved in the prosecution of the Elk Hills and Teapot Dome scandal, before joining the faculty of the Stanford Law School in the fall of 1929. During World War II he served as compliance commissioner for the War Production Board. He was acting dean of the law school in 1945-46; in 1958 he became the first holder of the Marion Rice Kirkwood Professorship in Law. He retired in 1961 and died in 1992. Description of the Collection Collection pertains largely to his professional life at Stanford University and contains correspondence, both business and personal; his master's thesis; materials for lectures; degrees, awards, and certificates; and a Turrentine genealogy. General correspondence concerns financial investments, legal issues (including estate issues), law curriculum, publication of his articles and books, placement of law students, and personal affairs such as his health, offers of other teaching posts, and Princeton and Harvard reunions. There is a substantial amount of correspondence and memoranda from his work as a Compliance Commissioner for the War Production Board, 1942-44. Other topics include the Stanford Law Veterans Memorial SC0057 2
Scholarship, the death of Allene Lamson, Laisne v. State Board of Optometry, and the effect of World War II on the Law School. Correspondents include Warren Christopher, Felix Frankfurter, Charles A. Beardsley, John S. Bradway, Elliott E. Cheatham, Juan Enrique Geigel, Erwin N. Griswold, Moffatt Hancock, Marion R. Kirkwood, Ray B. Lyon, Philbrick McCoy, D. O. McGovney, Roscoe Pound, Owen J. Roberts, Malcolm P. Sharp, Fred Ames Weller, and Richard Wicks. Access Terms Beardsley, Charles Alexander, 1882-1963. Bradway, John S. (John Saeger), 1890-1985 Cheatham, Elliott Evans, 1888-1972. Christopher, Warren. Frankfurter, Felix, 1882-1965. Geigel, Juan Enrique. Griswold, Erwin N. (Erwin Nathaniel), 1904- Hancock, Moffatt. Kirkwood, Marion Rice, 1887-1978. Kreps, Theodore J. (Theodore John ), b. 1897 Lamson, Allene. McCoy, Philbrick, 1897- McGovney, Dudley O. (Dudley Odell), 1877-1947. Pound, Roscoe, 1870-1964. Roberts, Owen J. (Owen Josephus), 1875-1955. Sharp, Malcolm Pitman, 1897- Stanford University. School of Law--Faculty. Turrentine, Julian. Turrentine, Lawrence N. Turrentine, Lowell. United States. War Production Board. Weller, Fred Ames. Wicks, Richard. Law --Study and teaching. Universities and colleges--faculty. World War, 1939-1945--California--Stanford. World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects--united States. Name Box(es) Folder(s) Date(s) Beardsley, Charles A. 1 4-6 1931-33 Bradway, John S. 1 6-8 1933-35 Bradway, John S. 5 3 1953 Dec. Carmen, W. B., Jr. 2 4 1942 Apr. Christopher, Warren [to 4 2 1949 George Grimes] Cranston, John M. 4 4-5 1950 May, Nov. Cranston, John M. 4 8 1952 Feb. Crothers, George E. 1952-53 (4/8 5/3) Curran, J. E. [re son James B. 3 5 1945 Feb., Curran] Curran, J. E. [re son James B. 4 1 1948 Feb. Curran] Curran, James B. (former 2 5-6 1942 Sept., Dec. student in Armed Services) Chandler, George G. 1 2 1929 Cheatham, Elliott E. 4 3 1950 Jan.; Cheatham, Elliott E. 5 6-7 1955 SC0057 3
Doty, William S. 1 12 1939 Ervin, John W. 4 3 1950 Jan. Fletcher, Robert L. 5 6-8 1955-56 Frankfurter, Felix 2 3 1942 Jan. Frankfurter, Felix 2 7 1943 Jan. Geigel, Juan Enrique 8-9 1935-1936, Geigel, Juan Enrique 2 5 1942 (Sept.) Genser, Joseph (former student in Armed Services) 2 6 1942 Dec., Genser, Joseph (former student in Armed Services) 2 8 1943 Apr. Griswold, Erwin N. 1 41038 1932-36 Griswold, Erwin N. 1 12 1939 Griswold, Erwin N. 2 7 1943 (Feb.) Griswold, Erwin N. 4 8 1952 Feb. Griswold, Erwin N. 5 1 1953 Mar. Griswold, Erwin N. 5 5 1954 Dec. Hahn, Herbert L. 5 1-7 1953-55 Hancock, Moffatt 5 1 1953 Mar. Kirkwood, Marion R. 1 4 1931 Kreps, Theodore J. 2 1 1940 Lyon, Ray B. 3 1-2 1942 Jan., June Lyon, Ray B. 4 8 1952 Apr. Lyon, Ray B. 5 4 1954 Feb Lyon, Ray B. 5 41067 1955 June, Dec. Lyon, Ray B. 5 8 1956 June McCoy, Philbrick (with tss "The Law Student and Professional 5 1 1953 Jan. Standards") McCoy, Philbrick 6 2 McGovney, D. O. 2 2 1941 McGovney, D. O. 2 3-4, 6 1942 (Mar., May, June, Oct.) Pound, Roscoe 4 2 1949 Roberts, Owen J. 1 4-5, 9, 12 Roberts, Owen J. 1942 Feb. Root, Clark, Buckner & Ballantine (law firm) 1 4-9 1931-36 Alyea, Ethan 1 8-9 1935-36 Alyea, Ethan 4 4-5 1950 (May, Nov) Alyea, Ethan 4 8 1952 (Feb., May) Alyea, Ethan 5 1-8 1953-Jan. 56 Laporte, Lloyd 1 12 1939 Root, Elihu, Jr. 2 1 1940 Sharp, Malcolm P. 2 6 1942 Oct. Sharp, Malcolm P. 5 7-8 1955 Dec.; 1956 Jan. Turrentine, Julian 1 2-3 1929-30 Turrentine, Lawrence N. 1 9 1936 War Production Board 2 & 3 1942-1945 Weller, Fred Ames [also of Root firm] 1 4-9 1931-36 Wicks, Richard 5 4-7 1954-55 Name Box(es) Folder(s) Date(s) Christian Science, refuting its approach to medicine 1 4 1931 Father's 70th birthday (Rev. Francis M. Turrentine) 1 4 1931 SC0057 4
Death of Allene Lamson [evidence refutes accident] 1 7 1934 World War II, effect on Law School 2 3-6 1942 Evacuation of Japanese & Japanese Americans 2 3-6 1942 SU's Civilian Defense Plan 2 4 1942 May To Mrs. Morie Takasuka and her son Kazuo Takasuka (while 2 6-7 1942 Oct. 1943 Mar. in relocation camps) Report on his work as Compliance Commissioner 3 5 1945 May Topic Date(s) Report on his work as Compliance Commissioner 1945 May Laisne v. State Board of Optometry 1942 Stanford Law Veterans Memorial Scholarship 1945 AAUP matters (national and at SU) 1953 May Box 1, Folder 1 Correspondence, 1928 Box 1, Folder 2 Correspondence, 1929 Box 1, Folder 3 Correspondence, 1930 Box 1, Folder 4 Correspondence, 1931 Box 1, Folder 5 Correspondence, 1932 Box 1, Folder 6 Correspondence, 1933 Box 1, Folder 7 Correspondence, 1934 Box 1, Folder 8 Correspondence, 1935 Box 1, Folder 9 Correspondence, 1936 Box 1, Folder 10 Correspondence, 1937 Box 1, Folder 11 Correspondence, 1938 Box 1, Folder 12 Correspondence, 1939 Box 2, Folder 1 Correspondence, 1940 Box 2, Folder 2 Correspondence, 1941 Box 2, Folder 3 Correspondence, 1942 Jan. Mar. Box 2, Folder 4 Correspondence, 1942 Apr. June Box 2, Folder 5 Correspondence, 1942 July Sept. Box 2, Folder 6 Correspondence, 1942 Oct. Dec. Box 2, Folder 7 Correspondence, 1943 Jan. Mar. Box 2, Folder 8 Correspondence, 1943 Apr. June Box 2, Folder 9 Correspondence, 1943 July Sept. Box 2, Folder 10 Correspondence, 1943 Oct. Dec. Box 3, Folder 1 Correspondence, 1944 Jan. Mar. Box 3, Folder 2 Correspondence, 1944 Apr. June Box 3, Folder 3 Correspondence, 1944 July Oct. Box 3, Folder 4 Correspondence, 1944 Nov. Dec. Box 3, Folder 5 Correspondence, 1945 Jan. June Box 3, Folder 6 Correspondence, 1945 July Dec. Box 3, Folder 7 Correspondence, 1946 Jan. May Box 3, Folder 8 Correspondence, 1946 June Dec. Box 3, Folder 9 Correspondence, 1947 Box 4, Folder 1 Correspondence, 1948 Box 4, Folder 2 Correspondence, 1949 Box 4, Folder 3 Correspondence, 1950 Jan. Mar. Box 4, Folder 4 Correspondence, 1950 April June Box 4, Folder 5 Correspondence, 1950 July Dec. SC0057 5
Box 4, Folder 6 Correspondence, 1951 Jan. June Box 4, Folder 7 Correspondence, 1951 July Dec. Box 4, Folder 8 Correspondence, 1952 Jan. May Box 4, Folder 9 Correspondence, 1952 June Dec. Box 5, Folder 1 Correspondence, 1953 Jan. March Box 5, Folder 2 Correspondence, 1953 Apr. June Box 5, Folder 3 Correspondence, 1953 July Dec. Box 5, Folder 4 Correspondence, 1954 Jan. June Box 5, Folder 5 Correspondence, 1954 July Dec. Box 5, Folder 6 Correspondence, 1955 Jan. June Box 5, Folder 7 Correspondence, 1955 July Dec. Box 5, Folder 8 Correspondence, 1956 Box 6, Folder 1 Correspondence with Benjamin F. Crump re Standard Equities Corp. stock, 1936-43 Box 6, Folder 2 Correspondence with Philbrick McCoy re law handbook co-authorship, 1935-36; includes outline of book and contract Box 6, Folder 3 Correspondence re law scholarship committee, 1948-50 Box 6, Folder 4 Law Library minutes, 1932 May and October Box 6, Folder 5 Correspondence with Raymond F. Lillie, 1938-42, with a few letters from Gilberta Lillie Box 6, Folder 6 Correspondence re Practicing Law Institute, 1941-46 Box 6, Folder 7 Correspondence re class on social legislation, 1941-46; correspondents include Walter P. Armstrong and Ray B. Lyon Box 6, Folder 8 Directed research papers by students, 1933-1949 Box 6, Folder 9 Genealogy of Turrentine family and clippings Box 6, Folder 11 Historical jurisprudence mimeographed typescript, pp. 1-69 Box 7, Folder 1 Historical jurisprudence mimeographed typescript, pp. 70-158 Box 7, Folder 2 Historical jurisprudence mimeographed typescript, pp. 159-213 Box 7, Folder 3 Bessie Manuel papers (estate matter), 1944-46 Box 7, Folder 4 Master's thesis, "'Separable Controversy' as a Ground for Removal to the Federal Courts of Certain Types of Cases Involving Interests in Land," 1929 Box 7, Folder 5 Material re state constitution amendment #9, 1940 Box 7, Folder 6 Personal correspondence and papers, 1913-1918 Box 7, Folder 7 Personal correspondence and papers, 1924-1929 Box 7, Folder 8 Personal correspondence, Felix Frankfurter, 1938-41 Box 7, Folder 9 Personal correspondence and papers, 1930-1938 Box 7, Folder 10 Personal correspondence and papers, 1941-1949 Box 7, Folder 11 Personal correspondence and papers, undated Box 7, Folder 12 Pound, Roscoe: Readings in Roman Law, Second Edition Part I, 1914; Outlines of Lectures on Jurisprudence, Fourth Edition, 1928 Box 8 Degrees, awards, certificates, 1922-1950Degrees, awards, certificates, 1922-1950 SC0057 6